Occupation: State Farm agent, located in The Village at Westlake, next to Gold’s Gym.

What’s your career ambition? To protect family dreams from the unexpected.

Civic or other nonprofit activities: We strongly support The Compassion Experience and the Eanes Education Foundation.

What is the latest project in which you are involved? Working now on two Westlake Village events; National Night Out with Westlake Police Department in October and a Thanksgiving Shopping Week to benefit the Eanes Education Foundation.

What is your favorite business in the Westbank? Breed & Co., Tyler’s and Tacodeli.

Hobbies: Building, designing, woodworking, fishing and snowboarding.

What qualities in people draw you to be their friend? Sincerity, compassion and strong conviction.

I have a knack for: Problem solving.

What person do you feel had the biggest impact on the Westbank area and why? No one person; we are a community.

The one thing I’d like to change about the Westbank is: Congestion and distracted drivers.

Most significant or interesting job: In middle school, I thought 35 cents was too much for the vending machine snacks. So, I had my dad take me to Sam’s Club, bought lots of the cool candy and stocked my backpack. Then I stood by the machines when time permitted and sold my candy for 25 cents.

Which of your civic-oriented accomplishments make you the proudest? Supporting our schools.

Excluding family members, who influenced you most and why? I worked for Pappadeaux as a bartender to help pay for college. Pappas is a wonderfully run family business. They taught me systems, structure, organization and hard work.

What is one interesting fact about you that people probably don’t know? I can sew.

A bad habit I have is: I can’t sit still. Often, I stress people around me because I’m always going.

If the world were silent for 30 seconds, and all ears were turned to you, what would you say? I would ask for a life line to call my wife, and ask her.

My pet peeve is: People not believing in themselves

My most humorous moment was: We had been in Paris for a few days, and everyone was mean to me. I finally lost it on a bus driver after she yelled at me and literally shut my head in the bus doors. The funny part was doing this while waving my tour map in hand and wearing a yellow Tour de France tee shirt.

If you could sit down and ask questions of anyone (living or dead), who would it be and why? I would like to meet Johnny Cash, really like him and his music.

Life’s most challenging endeavor is: We have too many tech devices now and everyone needs to unplug once in a while.

What is the last book you read? I can’t recall, because I can’t sit still long enough.

If you were stranded on an uninhabited island, with no means of communication or escape, what is one thing that you would you like to have? If I can’t escape or communicate at all, I might as well drink lots of Prosecco.

Is there anything that you passed up on doing that you now regret? Not going to see Stevie Ray Vaughan.

How would you like to be remembered? A genuine man, great father and loving husband.